Biden, Trump Sign Thousands of Pardons Including 30 with Tennessee Connections - Articles

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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 22, 2025

On the last day of his presidency, Joe Biden granted blanket pardons to five family members; members of Congress who investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol; former National Institutes of Health leader Anthony Fauci; and retired Gen. Mark Milley, former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. A few days earlier, Biden commuted the sentences of almost 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses. The Associated Press reports on those actions. According to Reuters, Biden also granted clemency to Native American activist Leonard Peltier, who had been sentenced to life for killing two FBI agents. Since taking office Monday, President Donald Trump also has issued a slew of pardons, including pardons for all of those charged in the Jan. 6 attack on the capitol — including some 30 who have connections to Tennessee — as well as Ross Ulbricht, who operated a dark web marketplace. Read more about those actions from The Tennessean and Reuters.